# Fully Loaded Carrot Cake

- Cuisine: American
- Category: Baked Goods
- Difficulty: easy
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 5 whole shredded carrot
- 1 cup crushed pecans
- 1 cup raisins
- 540 ml pineapple tidbits
- 0.5 cup butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 0.5 cup oil
- 4 whole egg
- 2 tsp cinnamon
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- to taste vanilla bean paste, homemade (optional)
- 2 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 blocks cream cheese
- 0.5 cup butter
- 3 cup icing sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp whipping cream
- 1 cup chopped pecans

## Instructions

1. Shred the carrots.
2. Crush the pecans in a food processor.
3. Drain the pineapple tidbits over the raisins, allowing the juice to plump them up.
4. In a large bowl, cream together the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, oil, eggs, cinnamon, vanilla extract, and vanilla bean paste.
5. Mix in the flour, baking powder, and baking soda until about 75% incorporated.
6. Fold in the shredded carrots, pineapple tidbits, and raisins with a spatula.
7. Pour the batter into a 9x13 pan and bake at 350 degrees.
8. For the icing, cream together the cream cheese and butter, then mix in the icing sugar, vanilla extract, and whipping cream.
9. Fold half of the chopped pecans into the icing.
10. Spread the icing over the cooled cake and sprinkle the remaining chopped pecans on top.

## Equipment

- shredder
- food processor
- mixing bowl
- colander
- spatula
- hand mixer
- 9x13 baking pan
- icing spatula

## Tips

- You can substitute pecans for walnuts.
- You can use either oil or butter, or a mix of both.
- Feel free to measure cinnamon and vanilla to taste.
- You can use milk instead of whipping cream in the icing.
- The creator suggests starting with 2 cups of icing sugar and adding the 3rd if needed based on texture.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1A32spzTUT/?mibextid=wwXIfr
- Creator: Mrs. Brown’s Kitchen
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/a5d84c5a-7894-4dbb-82d1-3755816ab87f
- Extracted: 2026-11-02

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